diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4d4b39e..0523eba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ This repository contains the bootstrap chain files for the Avian blockchain. Usi --- ## Instructions -If you have never run the Avian wallet, follow the first set of directions below. If you have already run the Avian wallet before, follow the second set of directions below. +If you have never run the Avian wallet, follow the second set of directions below. If you have already run the Avian wallet before, follow the first set of directions below. #### If you have *already* run the Avian wallet: 1. Download the [latest bootstrap files](https://wallet.avn.network/bootstrap/Avian.zip). -1. Find the downloaded *Avian.zip* file and double-click. This will unzip the file and show a folder named *Avian*. +1. Find the downloaded *Avian.7z.001* file and open with 7Zip. 1. Close and quit the Avian wallet if it is running. 1. Navigate to your OS's respective data directory. @@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ If you have never run the Avian wallet, follow the first set of directions below 1. For MacOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Avian/` 1. Open Finder and in the program menu select *Go* > *To Folder* and enter the above path. 1. For Linux: `~/.avian/` -1. Remove folders `blocks/` and `chainstate/` and `powcache.dat` file. **DO NOT** delete the *wallet.dat* file as it contains the private keys for your funds. Deleting these will result in a loss of funds. -1. Inside the downloaded *Avian* folder, there are the `blocks/` and `chainstate/` folders and `powcache.dat` file. Move these two folders and powcache.dat into the Avian wallet's data directory that you just removed folders from. -1. If you do not have the [latest Avian wallet](https://www.avn.network/start-mining), download and install it. +1. Remove all files and folders other than `wallet.dat`. **DO NOT** delete the *wallet.dat* file as it contains the private keys for your funds. Deleting these will result in a loss of funds. +1. Extract the folder and files into the Avian wallet's data directory that you just removed folders from. +1. If you do not have the [latest Avian wallet](https://github.com/AvianNetwork/Avian/releases/tag/v4.1.0), download and install it. 1. Run the wallet, and syncing should begin at the bootstrap's last block. #### If you have *never* run the Avian wallet: 1. Download the [latest bootstrap files](https://github.com/AvianNetwork/Bootstrap/releases). -1. Find the downloaded *Avian.zip* file and double-click. This will unzip the file and show a folder named *Avian*. -1. Move the *Avian* folder to your OS's respective data directory. +1. Find the downloaded *Avian.7z.001* file and double-click. This will unzip the file and show a folder named *Avian*. +1. From a dos prompt or terminal create the Avian folder: *mkdir %appdata%/Avian* (Windows) **mkdir ~/.avian** (Linux). 1. For Windows: `C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\` 1. Or paste `%appdata%\Roaming\` into the file explorer path field @@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ If you have never run the Avian wallet, follow the first set of directions below 1. Open Finder and in the program menu select *Go* > *To Folder* and enter the above path. 1. For Linux: `~/` 1. **Note**: For Linux you must rename the *Avian* folder to `.avian` -1. Download the [latest Avian wallet](https://www.avn.network/start-mining). +1. Download the [latest Avian wallet](https://github.com/AvianNetwork/Avian/releases/tag/v4.1.0). 1. Install and run the wallet. Syncing should begin at the bootstrap's last block.